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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/linda-c-gundersen
   timestamp: '2024-01-30T14:10:17.620377'
   status_code: 200
 profile:
   name: Linda C Gundersen
   name_qualifier: null
   titles:
   - Scientist Emeritus
   organizations:
   - !!python/tuple
     - Florence Bascom Geoscience Center
     - https://www.usgs.gov/centers/florence-bascom-geoscience-center
   email: lgundersen@usgs.gov
   orcid: null
   intro_statements:
   - Linda C Gundersen is a Scientist Emeritus at the Florence Bascom Geoscience
     Center.
   expertise_terms:
   - erosion
   - fracture (geologic)
   - folding (geologic)
   - geochemistry
   - tectonic processes
   - deformation (geologic)
   - sedimentation
   - soil chemistry
   - water chemistry
   - Geology
   - geochemistry
   - structural geology
   - metamorphic petrology
   - radionuclide chemistry
   - geoinformatics
   - science management
   - research program development
   - program performance and evaluation
   - business efficiency
   - management
   - scientific integrity and ethics
   - strategic planning
   professional_experience:
   - Updating the American Geophysical Union Scientific Integrity and Professional
     Ethics Policy (2017)
   - Geochemistry of the Reading Prong and Origin of FE-REE-U Deposits (ongoing)
   education: []
   affiliations:
   - National Academy of Sciences Committee on Impacts of Sexual Harassment in Academia
     (2017-2018)
   - Reviewing the USGS Emeritus Program (2016)
   - 'Chair: Flinn Committee, American Geophysical Union Honors Program 2015-2016'
   - 'Member and Advisor: American Geosciences Institute, Committee to Develop a
     Common Code of Ethics for the Geosciences. (2015)'
   - 'Member: EarthCube Test Enterprise Governance Advisory Committee. (2014-2016)'
   honors: []
   abstracts: []
   personal_statement: "Linda C. Gundersen is Scientist Emeritus at the U.S. Geological\
     \ Survey, having spent 34 years there as a research scientist, program manager,\
     \ and senior executive before retiring in 2013. The first half of her career\
     \ focused on conducting and managing research projects in geochemistry, ore\
     \ deposits, and interdisciplinary studies of radionuclides in rocks, soils,\
     \ and water; eventually assessing the geologic radon potential of the United\
     \ States.  She received numerous grants from DOE, EPA, and NSF and worked with\
     \ diverse partners in the health and geological science communities. During\
     \ 1995-98, she served as program manager for both the Energy Resources and Mineral\
     \ Resources Programs.  As the only geologist on the National Academies of Sciences\
     \ Committee on Risk Assessment of Exposure to Radon in Drinking Water from 1997-1999,\
     \ she contributed to the first multimedia risk assessment for exposure to radon\
     \ in water.  In 1998, she became a federal senior executive and the Associate\
     \ Chief Geologist for Operations. In 2001, she was appointed Chief Scientist\
     \ for Geology overseeing $260M in research programs encompassing the Earthquakes,\
     \ Volcanoes, Landslides, Coastal and Marine Geology, National Geologic Mapping,\
     \ Energy and Mineral Resources, and Global Climate Change programs. She served\
     \ in that capacity for 10 years before becoming the first Director of the Office\
     \ of Science Quality and Integrity where she established and directed scientific\
     \ integrity, ethics, education, career development, publication quality, research\
     \ excellence, and other programs across the USGS. She has co-authored or led\
     \ the development of scientific integrity policies for USGS (2007), Department\
     \ of Interior (2011), American Geosciences Institute (2015), and the American\
     \ Geophysical Union (2012 and 2017). She recently served on the Geological Society\
     \ of America Ad Hoc Committee on Ethics. She is editor and an author of the\
     \ bookScientific Integrity and Ethics in the Geosciences(2017).  She served\
     \ on the National Academies of Science Committee on the Impacts of Sexual Harassment\
     \ in Academia whose reportSexual Harassment of Women: Climate, Culture, and\
     \ Consequenceswas released in June 2018.  Her academic background includes undergraduate\
     \ and graduate work in structural geology and geochemistry at Stony Brook University\
     \ and at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She received the DOI Superior,\
     \ Meritorious, and Distinguished Service Awards, the Unit of Excellence Award\
     \ and the Secretary of the Interior\u2019s Bronze Executive Leadership Award.\
     \ She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and was also honored\
     \ with GSA\u2019s Outstanding Contributions to Geoinformatics award.  She has\
     \ published numerous papers and presented hundreds of lectures in the fields\
     \ of geology, geoinformatics, science management, scientific integrity, and\
     \ ethics."